@tomw I think you could (???) write modern, modularized #es6 and ship it to the browser now, using #importmaps to direct the browser to where your module files live. I haven't tried it yet, and the support may be limited, but... maybe that's The Future™.

That may eliminate #transpiling, but we still have to deal with concatenation. With updated protocols like #HTTP3, maybe multiple simultaneous connections will be less of a problem?

And then #minification? I dunno man, maybe gzipping on the wire is good enough.

But I feel your pain. I'm hopeful for the future.

#javascript #programming #webdevelopment

Also, I want native #css loops. I think that's the last thing we need #preprocessors for.

I haven't worked with built-in web components, but that could be the answer to the "always a new framework" problem. But if it was, it prolly would have more uptake by now.

I honestly spend to much time thinking about this.